. Guide to Baltimore & Ohio railroad . stry and science, invitethe skilled artizan and scientist from every land ; her environs at-tract the capitalist and rural loving agriculturist, and the unfailingstreams that irrigate her confines furnish to superfluity every water-power facility. In 1800 the population of Baltimore was 31,000; in 1874 it isover 300,000 ; and the area occupied by her will include thirty-sissquare miles; her business thoroughfares nre adorned by statelybrown stone, iron and marble structures, the stores and warehousesof her merchant princes. In 1816 Baltimore was lighted b
. Guide to Baltimore & Ohio railroad . stry and science, invitethe skilled artizan and scientist from every land ; her environs at-tract the capitalist and rural loving agriculturist, and the unfailingstreams that irrigate her confines furnish to superfluity every water-power facility. In 1800 the population of Baltimore was 31,000; in 1874 it isover 300,000 ; and the area occupied by her will include thirty-sissquare miles; her business thoroughfares nre adorned by statelybrown stone, iron and marble structures, the stores and warehousesof her merchant princes. In 1816 Baltimore was lighted by gas, the first gaslit city on thecontinent; and in 1827 she laid the corner stone of the greatestrailroad upon the earth; and in 1844 she constructed and operatedthe first telegraph line that the nations of the earth ever heard ofor saw. At present her railway connections extend in every great Baltimore and Ohio has its western terminus at the shoresol the Pacific, and its southern upon the banks of the Gulf of THE SUN IRON BTJILDIISra, 8. E. Corner of Baltimore and South Streets,^ * BALTIMORE, MD. 7FFICU OF TEE DAILY AJfD WFEKL Y SUJV, THE BEST AND CHEAPEST NETVSPAPEIia PUBLISHED. )mlv Circulation larger than all the other city morning papers combined-conse^ quently unrivaled as an advertising medium,^^HMS^Mly Sun $6 for 12 months; $3 for 6 months; $ for 3 Sun, 12 months; %\ for (S months^m advance. A S. ABELL & CO., Propiiietoes. The Northern Central, Western Maryland, Baltimore and Potomac,and Philadelphia and Wilmington stretch away in every direction,and bear the manufactured and agricultural wealth of a continentto her doors ; coast-wise and foreign steamships swarm at herwharves and bear her merchandise to every nation and clime. Baltimores colleges, schools and institutions of learning are ofworld-wide fame, her medical schools especially, and the ianie ofthe Old University of Maryland and that of kathan Ryno tSmiihhav
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